denomination
pronunciation
How to pronounce denomination in British English:
UK [dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃn]
How to pronounce denomination in American English:
US [dɪˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
- a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
Word Origin
- denomination (n.)
- late 14c., "a naming, act of giving a name to," from Old French denominacion "nominating, naming," from Latin denominationem (nominative denominatio) "a calling by anything other than the proper name, metonymy," from denominare "to name," from de- "completely" (see de-) + nominare "to name" (see nominate). Meaning "a class" is from mid-15c. Monetary sense is 1650s; meaning "religious sect" is 1716.
Example
- 1. A mainstream christian denomination in canada has been marrying gays for years .
- 2. Parties based on religion , tribe , profession or denomination are prohibited .
- 3. And within america , by one estimate , mormonism is the fourth-largest denomination .
- 4. When I enrolled at westminster theological seminary in 1997 , I found I needed to fill out a form declaring my protestant denomination -- with 200 choices !
- 5. Americans representing a certain denomination visit china for a few months on what they call a " short-term mission , " trying to spread their church 's version of the faith .